pause
noun [C] /pɔːz/
/pɑːz/ Definition
B2 a short period in which something such as a sound or an activity is stopped before starting again: There will be a brief pause in the proceedings while the piano is moved into place. After a long, awkward pause someone asked a question. She spoke for three quarters of an hour without so much as a pause. There followed a pregnant (= filled with meaning) pause in which neither of them knew what to say.Pauses and interludes
(Definition of pause noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abeyance noun
- break noun (INTERRUPTION)
- coffee break noun
- comfort break noun
- comfort stop noun
- hiatus noun
- interlude noun
- intermission noun
- interval noun (TIME/DISTANCE)
- lapse noun (PERIOD)
- lull noun
- moratorium noun
- one-stop adjective
- plateau noun (NO CHANGE)
- respite noun
- stop noun
- suspension noun (STOP)
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